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Data Highlight: Enrollment Growth

Comprehensive data on undergraduate enrollment for 2013-2023 are available below.

  • 11.2 %
    Undergraduate Enrollment

    2013-2023

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Total Undergraduate Enrollment by Year

Source: Census Data

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Academic Period Count
Fall 2023 6,887
Fall 2022 6,716
Fall 2021 6,465
Fall 2020 6,131
Fall 2019 6,190
Fall 2018 6,300
Fall 2017 6,199
Fall 2016 6,209
Fall 2015 6,217
Fall 2014 6,214
Fall 2013 6,195

2024 census data are unavailable but will be in the coming weeks.

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Data Highlight: Largest Majors

Based on the Spring 2024 total count of declared majors. Comprehensive enrollment data by major are also available for this period below.

  • 485
    Psychology
  • 461
    Biology
  • 427
    Government
  • 414
    Economics
  • 392
    Computer Science
  • 366
    History
  • 329
    International Relations
  • 316
    Kinesiology & Health Sciences

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Enrollment by Major: Spring 2024

At William & Mary, students must eventually declare at least one academic major, known as their "primary" or "first" major. Students may choose to declare either a second major or a minor. Note that the following table excludes students who have yet to declare a major and that not all students have a second major.

Source: Operational Data

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Major Count
Psychology 485
Biology

461

Government 427
Economics 414
Computer Science 392
History 366
International Relations 329
Kinesiology 316
Interdisciplinary Studies* 277
Neuroscience 231
Finance 224
English 217
Data Science 189
Chemistry 162
Mathematics 145
Public Policy 141
Business Analytics 110
Physics 109
Sociology 109
Marketing 103
Linguistics 79
Accounting 74
Anthropology 72
Philosophy 71
Art & Art History 70
Geology 69
Computation & Applied Mathematics & Statistics 66
Classical Studies 52
Global Studies 50
Hispanic Studies 36
Education (Elementary/Secondary) 33
French & Francophone Studies 30
Chinese Language & Culture 29
Theatre 28
Japanese Studies 28
Music 27
Religious Studies 21
American Studies 14

* The Interdisciplinary Studies major includes the following concentrations: Africana Studies, Environmental Science & Policy, Film & Media Studies, Gender, Sexuality & Women's Studies, Medieval & Renaissance Studies, Integrative Conservationn and Self-Designed.

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Data Highlight: Largest Minors

Based on the Spring 2024 total count of declared minors. Comprehensive enrollment data by minor are also available for this time period, below.

  • 132
    Data Science
  • 80
    Psychology
  • 76
    History
  • 58
    Mathematics
  • 43
    Biochemistry
  • 42
    Management & Organizational Leadership
  • 37
    Economics
  • 35
    Chemistry

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Enrollment by Minor: Spring 2024

All undergraduate minors available at the university are included below. Not all departments and programs offer a minor. Other departments and programs offer more than one minor.

Source: Operational Data

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Minor Count
Data Science

132

Psychology

80
Mathematics 76
History 76
Biochemistry 43
Management & Organizational Leadership 42
Chemistry 35
Kinesiology & Health Sciences 31
Business Analytics 31
Biology 29
Sociology 29
Finance

27

Accounting 25
Public Health 22
Marketing 23
Innovation & Entrepreneurship  21
Anthropology 19
Computer Science 18
Art & Art History

18

Music 17
Creative Writing 15
Marine Science 15
Environmental Policy 15
English 15
Classical Studies 15
Religious Studies 14
Hispanic Studies 13
Film & Media Studies

13

Gender Sexuality & Women's Studies 13
German Studies 9
French & Francophone Studies 8
Japanese Studies 8
Physics 8
Linguistics 8
Philosophy 7
Public Health: Data

6

Educational Studies: Policy & Equity 5
Dance 4
Italian Studies 4
Medieval & Renaissance Studies 4
Theatre 4
Computational & Applied Mathematics & Statistics 3
Public Health: Wellness 3
Supply Chain Analytics 3
Latin American Studies

3

Geology 3
Judaic Studies 2
Asian Studies (South & East) 2
Publish Health: Equity & Justice 2
Chinese Language & Literature 2
Educational Studies: Global Education 2
Integrative Conservation 2
Public Health: Environment

2

Public Health: Global 2
Russian Language & Literature 2
Russian & Post-Soviet Studies

2

Arabic Language & Literature 1
ESL & Bilingual Education 1
Middle Eastern Studies 1
Applied Science: Material Science & Engineering 1
America Studies

1

European Studies

1

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Data Highlight: A&S Degrees by Area

In the 2023-2024 academic year, Arts & Sciences conferred 90% of the university's undergraduate degrees. The following shows the distribution of those degrees by area. Comprehensive data on degrees conferred in the last three academic years are available below.

  • 38 %
    Natural, Physical & Computational Sciences
  • 21 %
    Arts & Humanities
  • 41 %
    Social Sciences

Data Highlight: Business Degrees

In the 2023-2024 academic year, the Raymond A. Mason School of Business conferred 10% of the university's undergraduate degrees. The following shows the distribution of those degrees by major. Comprehensive data on degrees conferred are available below.

  • 14 %
    Accounting
  • 20 %
    Business Analytics
  • 47 %
    Finance
  • 18 %
    Marketing

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Degrees Conferred by Area and Major 

Source: Census Data

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Area/Major Degrees Conferred
2022 2023 2024
Arts & Humanities (A&S)
Art & Art History 19 20 27
Chinese Language & Culture 5 9 10
Classical Studies 14 19 20
English 73 51 70
French & Francophone Studies 14 16 8
German Studies 1 4 8
Global Studies 27 23 24
Hispanic Studies 16 16 16
Interdisciplinary Studies 110

86

 101

Japanese Studies 5 5 9
Linguistics 22 23 34
Music 18 17 5
Philosophy 35 25 30
Religious Studies 14 9 10
Theatre 5 6 7
Arts & Humanities Total 378 329 379
Natural, Physical & Computational Sciences (A&S)
Biology 161 139 181
Chemistry 52 41 48
Computational & Applied Mathematics & Statistics 22 18 16
Computer Science 93 95 100
Data Science 35 49 52
Geology 30 23 20
Kinesiology* 112 125 122
Mathematics 81 48 50
Neuroscience 69 67 74
Physics 38 40 34
Natural, Physical & Computational Sciences Total 693 645 697
Social Sciences (A&S)
American Studies 11 6 10
Anthropology 26 18 31
Economics 119

122

 88

Government 142 190 168
History 99 114 129
International Relations 76 95 78
Psychology 158 181 156
Public Policy 52 48 54
Sociology 34 37 47
Social Sciences Total 717 811 761
Business
Accounting 32 24 29
Business Analytics 69 52 41
Finance 91 84 95
Marketing 47 40 36
Business Total 239 200 201
Education
Education 3 11 8
Education Total 3 11 8

* As a discipline, Kinesiology uses rigorous scientific methods to study human health. While traditionally classified as an area two discipline (social sciences) by the A&S Faculty Manual, this project classifies the major with the natural, physical and computational sciences.

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